A call for help from Washington, DC to Phoenix Air, based at a tiny airport in Cartersville, Georgia: Can you fly a medivac mission right away? The destination: North Korea. This is the first of a two-part episode on the extraordinary mission to rescue Otto Warmbier from North Korea.

AIN’s Tales from the Flight Deck is no longer being produced, but you can still listen to our past episodes featuring first-hand accounts of the most intriguing situations aviation professionals can encounter.

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